Boris Johnson threatens October 14 snap election over Brexit vote
02 September 2019 - 21:12
London — Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK on notice that it faces the threat of an election within weeks, as the political crisis engulfing the country’s divorce from the European Union deepened.
Johnson will seek to trigger a snap general election on October 14 if he loses a crunch vote in parliament this week, when his enemies will try to force him to delay Brexit, according to a senior official in his government...
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